July 2021 vol 27 no 6
July 1, 2021
Nurses on strike on June 9 were angrier than during the July 2018 strike, according to senior NZNO delegate and duty nurse manager at Grey Hospital (Te Nīkau) Nelly Hofman. And the level of support for the strike, both from nurses and the public, was massive, she said.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 10, 2021
Aotearoa turned purple on Wednesday as NZNO members went on strike around the nation.
Read more... Four corners of Aotearoa turn purple as nurses hit streets
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 9, 2021
If there was such a thing as an omen, then there it was: flying high above the hundreds of shouting health workers stretching out around the steps of Parliament.
Read more... Day of action, solidarity, as DHB members hit the streets
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
June 3, 2021
Hordes of mid-afternoon walkers blasted up and down Willis St, Wellington, but there were clipboards, pens and the nursing kaupapa awaiting their attention.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Budget 2021 had an extra $4.7 billion for health, along with nearly half a million to kick-start its health reforms. But there was no indication of new funding for health worker salaries.
Read more... Government lays out cash for transition to new health system
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Māori and Pacific nursing degrees will still be available under a national nursing curriculum being developed by new super-institute, Te Pūkenga.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
A late threat of legal action from Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) over a lack of contingency staff nearly derailed this month’s strike, NZNO industrial services manager Glenda Alexander said.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Nursing safety – in everyday work and the age of COVID-19 – were scrutinised by the NZNO board as strike action rolled out across Aotearoa.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Wellington’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has hired an extra 26 full-time equivalent (FTE) nurses, after safe staffing acuity tool TrendCare helped identify a large shortfall.
Read more... Wellington neonatal unit gets big staffing top-up
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
“Drastic” action is needed to train and recruit millions of nurses globally amid a pandemic and shortage of six million nurses, says the International Council of Nurses (ICN).
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Forget PPE or vaccines – it appears nurses are no more immune to the risks of the digital age than everyday people.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Former principal nurse at Hutt Hospital, Vera Ellen, died in April, aged 94.
Read more... Vera Ellen: Hutt Hospital’s former principal nurse dies
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Two-thirds of nurses surveyed have witnessed unsafe nursing practice by their peers, new research suggests – double the rate of some international findings.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
NZNO is “very concerned” at the pace with which unregulated vaccinators are being introduced to the COVID-19 roll-out, acting manager, professional and nursing services, Kate Weston says.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Emeritus Professor Nancy Kinross, RN, PhD, CBE, 1926-2021.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
NZNO and Public Service Association (PSA) members got their COVID-19 vaccinations at Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) recently.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Incensed by a public sector pay freeze and a one-off cash payment instead of a long-term pay rise, NZNO’s district health board (DHB) members this month voted ‘overwhelmingly’ to reject the DHBs’ latest offer and go on strike.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Submissions have opened for the fourth annual PHARMAC Tapuhi Kaitiaki Awards.
Read more... Scholarship submissions open for awards to support Māori nurses
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Transition unit bosses give clues on how sweeping health reforms will roll out.
Read more... New health entities ‘fully functional’ by Sept 2022
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
New co-chair, Māori, for the National Nursing Leaders group Brenda Close talks about the two houses of modern nursing leadership.
